Inclusivi-TEA Podcast

In our first episode with Kate Furnish, Kate talks about becoming a physical therapist and creating a unique method for helping her clients discover themselves and move into their joy.  At the end of the session, she shares a breathing exercise with us.  Kate's website is www.mysanctuarysource.com and she can be reached at [email protected].

Kate Furnish has experience working with people healing from injury, surgery, or trauma as well as dealing with physical limitations.  She empowers movement for life in her clients and understands that movement and flexibility are not just physical endeavors, they are mental and spiritual as well.  Kate, knows the process and power of healing.  She is a connected leader on a mission to spread joy in the world and help people activate their soul and live the life that brings them the most joy.  When you live from your joy, you impact not only yourself but also those around you and make the world a better place.  As a single mom, she understands each of us is a resource and living in a sustainable way leaves you with more to give to those around you not less.   You get to give and have fun doing it.   If you are interested in learning more, contact her about her new Program: Surrender, which walks you through the three steps to Joy No Matter What.

Song “Beautiful Too” Written and Sung By: Teghan Devon

In this episode of Inclusivi-TALKS Sustainability, Lori talks with Jerry Dirks about his life as a minister, the lessons he has learned, his beliefs and passions, and his current work to save the environment.  Jerry's website is www.cleanairplan.com.  His facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/Clean-Air-Plan-113069800523800

Jerry received his BA from Hamline University, St. Paul (1964). He received his Master of Divinity from Bethel Seminary, (74). He taught 6th grade and served as pastor in the Presbyterian Church USA. He was born and raised in Minnesota. He came from an outdoor family: hunting, fishing, vacationing at the lake, camping, and boundary water trips. This led to an appreciation of nature and to the hobby of bird watching. Out of his concern for the degradation of nature in the United States and globally, especially focusing on climate change, he has developed and manages a web site cleanairplan.com. The mission of

the website and blog is to “Inspire, empower, and inform interested people how their choices and actions can reduce air pollution, improve human health and respond to climate change.” Air pollution and resulting climate change is threatening the earth and must be urgently addressed. Everyone can and must

do their part to reverse earth’s destruction before it’s too late. Our daily choices matter, together we can succeed.

Song “Beautiful Too” Written and Sung By: Teghan Devon

Daphne Orlando was born and raised on Long Island, NY with her two five-foot sisters by a short Italian father and a petite Dominican mother. After the adoption of her two sons, one from Guatemala and the other from South Korea, she followed her curiosity to learn more about how people are impacted by the fashion and textile industry all over the world. This led to Daphne setting aside her previous career in medical illustration to found EcoPetites, which is one of the first sustainable brands to design and create ethical clothing specifically for shorter women.  To learn more about ethical living and petite fashion, read the EcoPetites blog at https://ecopetites.com/blogs/blog

Song “Beautiful Too” Written and Sung By: Teghan Devon

In part 2 of Lori's interview with Kara Ward-Tobin, Kara talks about moving to California, her passions and dreams, and the need for Hollywood to become more positive and shares a story about a childhood trip to Disney.

Kara Ward-Tobn is originally from Alabama and graduated from Arizona State University. After graduating she spent a year working for the Walt Disney Company in Florida before ultimately moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the entertainment industry. She’s done everything from working as a showrunner for Maysoon Zayid to becoming an Executive Assistant to some of Hollywood’s rich and famous. When she not working, she is creating and storytelling. Kara a theatre artist and film maker, who is working on several indépendant projects at the moment

Song “Beautiful Too” Written and Sung By: Teghan Devon

In this episode of Inclusivi-TALKS, Lori talks with Kara Ward-Tobin about moving to Hollywood, working as a celebrity assistant, writing screenplays, creating a sustainable future, and her commitment to changing the culture of Hollywood through increased diversity and representation.

Kara Ward-Tobn is originally from Alabama and graduated from Arizona State University. After graduating she spent a year working for the Walt Disney Company in Florida before ultimately moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the entertainment industry. She’s done everything from working as a showrunner for Maysoon Zayid to becoming an Executive Assistant to some of Hollywood’s rich and famous. When she not working, she is creating and storytelling. Kara a theatre artist and film maker, who is working on several indépendant projects at the moment.

Song “Beautiful Too” Written and Sung By: Teghan Devon

In Part TWO of Lori's interview with Sean McBride, Sean talks about his love for Antarctica, explains the link between what happens in Antarctica and what happens in the rest of the world, describes his goal of flying an electric plane from Antarctica to the South Pole, and shares several stories.

Song “Beautiful Too” Written and Sung By: Teghan Devon

In Part ONE of Lori's interview with Sean McBride, Sean talks about overcoming self-doubts and depression, rescuing children and women from sex trafficking, becoming a Buddhist Monk, and learning to fly.

Sean is an evolutionary anthropologist with a special interest in the hunter-gatherer lifestyle and its impact on contemporary human behaviour. He holds a 1st class honours degree in Anthropology and has undertaken field research with Aboriginal people in Australia, the Sami of Lapland, the Bedouin of Jordan and the Lahu of Thailand.

He is a recognised expert in Aboriginal ethno-ecology and his past interests involved the teaching of Aboriginal skills for 22 years through his own survival school in Australia, and internationally for the general public, outdoor guides, foreign military and Australian Special Forces. He is a former Green Beret commando and Australian

Army officer. In 2001 Sean was asked to be the survival consultant for Channel Nine’s Australian Survivor. He was also the Games and Challenges designer for the show.

In 2004 he went to Thailand to rescue children from prostitution and from there set up The Grey Man organization to continue that work serving as its president till 2012. His organization rescued over 170 women and children from trafficking and prevented the trafficking of an estimated 600 more. He continues to work behind the scenes in this field.

He stepped down as president of The Grey man in 2012 and in 2013 was ordained as a Zen Buddhist monk. His long-term interest in Antarctica was fulfilled in 2018 when he spent eight days camped on the Ross Ice Shelf and came away from that experience with a desire to protect Antarctica. He runs the Captain Antarctica Facebook page, Captain Antarctica Tribe Facebook group and the Captain Antarctica website, where he posts regular updates about the history, science and wildlife of Antarctica. His long-term plan is to fly an electric aircraft from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole to demonstrate the benefits of renewables and to highlight what can be

done to protect Antarctica. To this end, during the Covid lockdown, he learnt to fly a plane and bought a Wittman W8 Tailwind aircraft which will eventually be converted to electric.

Based in Brisbane he is presently the Senior State Anthropologist for the Queensland Government and in his spare time studies acting and flies in his plane.

Website: www.captainantarctica.com.au

Facebook page: www.facebook.com/captainantarctica

Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/captainantarcticatribe

Song “Beautiful Too” Written and Sung By: Teghan Devon

In part TWO of Lori's interview with Vikki Reich, writer and communications consultant, Vikki describes how she lives a simple life as a way to support a sustainable future and encourages young creatives to follow their passions and listen to their own voices.

Vikki Reich is a writer and communications consultant. Her writing has appeared in numerous places online as well as in print for the Star Tribune, Us Magazine, and Listen To Your Mother: What She Said Then, What We’re Saying Now. She is one of the founding producers of Listen To Your Mother - Twin Cities. You can find her online at VikkiReich.com.

Song “Beautiful Too” Written and Sung By: Teghan Devon

In part ONE of Lori's interview with Vikki Reich, writer and communications consultant, Vikki talks about leaving her job as a social worker to pursue a creative career and her belief that storytelling can save the world. Vikki's writing has appeared in numerous places online as well as in print for the Star Tribune, Us Magazine, and Listen To Your Mother: What She Said Then, What We’re Saying Now. She is one of the founding producers of Listen To Your Mother - Twin Cities. You can find her online at VikkiReich.com.

Song “Beautiful Too” Written and Sung By: Teghan Devon

In this episode of Inclusivi-TALKS Sustainability, host Lori Myren-Manbeck talks about sustainability and why she chose to call her new book, You Can Save the World...In Fact, You're the Only One Who Can.

Song “Beautiful Too” Written and Sung By: Teghan Devon